Houston Bans 'Ghost Guns' From Buyback
Events After Man Found Opportunity To
Print Money
Zero Hedge,
by
Tyler Durden
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
8/5/2022 12:32:04 PM
Houston city officials banned 3D-printed firearms at future gun buyback events after one man recognized an opportunity to exploit the system and print money.
The anonymous man told local news Fox 26 that he made 62 3D-printed guns and handed them over in Houston's first gun buyback event last weekend. He said the city offered him $50 per gun, cutting him a check for $3,100. The man said the cost of production per gun was $3, netting a profit of $47 per weapon.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Quigley 8/5/2022 12:37:16 PM (No. 1238816)
Ah, another government program that didn’t go as expected. How can that be?
Perhaps they should stick with tried and true programs like cooling down the sun, aerosols in the upper atmosphere to reflect sunlight into space and sunsetting the oil and gas industry and then promptly…PROMPTLY… getting started on finding a replacement energy source. Success begets success.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 8/5/2022 12:37:32 PM (No. 1238817)
Pretty clever of him. Now he needs to study the rules for the next buyback and find another loophole to exploit.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mizzmac 8/5/2022 12:42:03 PM (No. 1238823)
Love the entreprreneurial spirit. (Sylvester’s not hard to outwit, though.)
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MarkTwain 8/5/2022 12:48:13 PM (No. 1238829)
I don't suppose anyone has looked at the firearm involved crime rate _after_ the buybacks? But the program was an outstanding success, look how much money they spent!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 8/5/2022 1:11:25 PM (No. 1238849)
LOL! He paid for his 3D printer right there, and probably more. Go entrepreneur! I know people who have sold really junky old .32 rimfire revolvers, for which there has been no ammo for well over half a century, and which were cheap junk when new, literally selling for $2 in the early 1900s, to these stupid things for $50 cash. On the gun market they might bring a dollar or two if someone needs some parts, but are usually worth nothing at all.
And I once had a friend at a gun shop who was going to sell "this crummy old shotgun" to them for a $50 "buy back". I whipped out my wallet, handed over a picture of Grant and had a pretty decent High Standard 12 gauge pump riot gun. It had a piece out of the stock ,which I fixed almost invisibly with some scrap walnut, and I refinished it overall in a satin finish and reblued it. It would be worth $300 today, no doubt.
It is in perfect working order, all steel, well made, holds 6 rounds in the magazine. Handy for home defense, and way worth the money.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
red1066 8/5/2022 1:18:18 PM (No. 1238859)
Government gun buyback programs have never worked to reduce gun violence. It's just another leftist symbolism over substance idea.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/5/2022 1:19:01 PM (No. 1238860)
So now the brilliant mayor, instead of buying them, will allow them to be let loose in the streets. How long before the criminals ID this guy and break into his house?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ms1234 8/5/2022 1:26:17 PM (No. 1238871)
Remember if they can't buy them back (even though they didn't buy them in the first place) they will confiscate them. One way or the other they will "rid the world of evil guns" s/
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 8/5/2022 1:34:20 PM (No. 1238882)
Gun buybacks are classic liberal programs. No evidence that they're effective, but they make liberals feel good, so they continue.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/5/2022 1:52:24 PM (No. 1238895)
His next move should be buying any decent guns from people wanting to turn them in at slightly over what the city is paying.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 8/5/2022 2:26:52 PM (No. 1238921)
Another waste of money Government program.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
downnout 8/5/2022 2:36:09 PM (No. 1238936)
I love the ingenuity of Americans.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/5/2022 2:45:17 PM (No. 1238943)
This definitely classifies as a "Nerd Crime," since criminals don't possess the mental skills needed to run a 3D printer and access and manipulate the necessary files for the build. I admire his moxie though... an American action seeking to exploit the "Ghost Gun Loophole" here.
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